Ultrasonography in acute appendicitis body mass index as selection factor for US examination

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 486-488

  Josephson, T ^a   Styrud, Johan ^a   Eriksson, S ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis, ultrasonography; Diagnostic accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STONE FORMATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULI; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034266134     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418500127345749     Document Type: Article

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